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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. Arranging a piece of music for an orchestra. Also - the study of music.
Recitative
Polytonality
Orchestration
Grandioso
2. A set of six musicians who perform a composition written for six parts.
Tonal
Theme
Sextet
Contralto
3. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played very slow and serious.
Rhythm
March
Grave
Theme
4. Time in music history ranging from the middle of the 16th to the middle of the 17th centuries. Characterized by emotional - flowery music; written in strict form.
Baroque
Tutti
Adagio
Septet
5. The raising and lowering a pitch of an instrument to produce the correct tone of a note.
Da Capo
Tuning
Tonality
Chamber music
6. Slow and stately dance music written in triple time.
Cadence
Atonal
Tonality
Minuet
7. Piece of instrumental music played between scenes in a play or opera.
Orchestra
Interlude
Rondo
Oratorio
8. Pertains to tone or tones.
Polyphony
Tonal
Scale
Opera
9. A composition written for three voices and instruments performed by three people
Glee
Phrase
Trio
Reprise
10. Singing in unison - texts in a free rhythm. Similar to the rhythm of speech.
Instrumentation
Chant
Energico
Twelve-tone music
11. A group of 4 instruments - two violins - a viola - and cello.
Tonal
String Quartet
Serenade
Portamento
12. A repeating phrase that is played at the end of each verse in the song.
Conductor
Temperament
Refrain
Serenade
13. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played grandly.
Phrase
Pitch
Polytonality
Grandioso
14. Groups of tones that are harmonious when sounded together as in a chord.
Consonance
Homophony
Key signature
Chromatic scale
15. One or more vocalists performing without an accompaniment.
Clavier
Recapitulation
A cappella
Sonata form
16. A short or brief sonata.
Verismo
Polytonality
Cavatina
Sonatina
17. A short piano piece - often improvisational and intimate in character.
Baroque
Orchestra
Harmony
Impromptu
18. Sliding between two notes.
Glissando
Cavatina
Tune
Scale
19. Quick repetition of the same note or the rapid alternation between two notes.
Modulation
Resonance
Measure
Tremolo
20. The study of forms - history - science - and methods of music.
Instrumentation
Encore
Musicology
Elegy
21. A dance written in triple time - where the accent falls on the first beat of each measure.
Waltz
Etude
Suite
Grazioso
22. A period in history dating from the 14th to 16th centuries. This period signified the rebirth of music - art - and literature.
Reprise
Renaissance
Theme
Allegro
23. Repetition of a single tone.
Triad
Monotone
Verismo
Gregorian Chant
24. Includes all twelve notes of an octave.
Waltz
Interlude
Temperament
Chromatic scale
25. A musical form where the melody or tune is imitated by individual parts at regular intervals. The individual parts may enter at different measures and pitches. The tune may also be played at different speeds - backwards - or inverted.
Canon
Sonata form
Verismo
Intermezzo
26. Three notes played in the same amount of time as one or two beats.
Chorale
Triplet
EnharmonicInterval
Glee
27. A line in a contrapuntal work performed by an individual voice or instrument.
Twelve-tone music
Sonata form
Part
Refrain
28. Time signature with three beats to the measure.
Triple time
Pastoral
Motif
Coda
29. The highest female voice.
Pizzicato
Soprano
Cantata
Octave
30. Refers to any great composer - conductor - or teacher of music.
Overture
Suite
Symphony
Maestro
31. Pertaining to the loudness or softness of a musical composition. Also the symbols in sheet music indicating volume.
Recital
Dynamics
Chamber music
Sharp
32. A reprise.
Recapitulation
Tutti
Staccato
Allegro
33. A Boroque dance with a drone-bass.
Nonet
Musette
Phrase
Renaissance
34. A musical theme given to a particular idea or main character of an opera.
Accelerando
Rhythm
Leitmotif
Resonance
35. Piece of instrumental music played between scenes in a play or opera.
Parody
Interlude
Septet
Grave
36. A chord progression that seems to lead to resolving itself on the final chord; but does not.
Recitative
Drone
Deceptive cadence
Minuet
37. A song or hymn celebrating Christmas.
Etude
Carol
Staff
Contralto
38. Often used in overtures - a composition that uses passages from other movements of the composition in its entirety.
Medley
Symphony
Canon
Libretto
39. Pertaining to the sonata form - a fast movement in triple time.
Tonal
Homophony
Scherzo
Leading note
40. Refers to any great composer - conductor - or teacher of music.
Development
Maestro
Cadenza
Cadence
41. The playing or singing the upper half of the vocal range. Also the highest voice in choral singing.
Portamento
Glee
Treble
Operetta
42. The tonal characteristics determined by the relationship of the notes to the tone.
Round
Pastoral
Requiem
Tonality
43. Movement or passage that concludes the musical composition.
Finale
Consonance
Classical
Phrase
44. The playing or singing the upper half of the vocal range. Also the highest voice in choral singing.
Suite
Major
Treble
Soprano
45. The movement of chords in succession.
Chamber music
Scordatura
Progression
Madrigal
46. Music written for chorus and orchestra. Most often religious in nature.
Quartet
Cantata
Chromatic scale
Rigaudon
47. A repeated phrase.
Motif
Ostinato
Key
Concerto
48. A portion of the range of the instrument or voice.
Octave
Register
Quintet
Chord progression
49. A quick 20th century dance written in double time.
Rigaudon
Relative pitch
Parody
Vivace
50. A set of four musicians who perform a composition written for four parts.
Part
Tuning
Tune
Quartet